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I agree that being late, especially without a phone call is rude. However, living in Chicago has lightened me up a bit. With public transportation, it is inevitable to be late and it's out of your control. But that just means I try to leave extra early. Then if I get there too early I just walk around and kill time. But sometimes, late happens and cell phones are great for those situations. Or crazy running around like I did last night when I had to wait 20 minutes for the bus and got home at 6:15 which is when we were supposed to meet Mal. I ran in said quick hellos to jj and spec and threw on the first set of clothes I saw and ran out the door with them at 6:20.
There are some situations where being a little bit late is ok, but if it's an appointment or a movie..something that is timed for a specific time, then being late is unacceptable. I had a candidate today. He called at 11 and said he'd be a bit late for his 12:00 interview. I told him to get there as soon as he could because I had another person coming in at 1:00. He called at 12:30 stuck in traffic. I told him to forget the interview and call me when he could take the job search more seriously and get here on time. That might have been harsh, but if people can't be on time for an interview, then most likely they aren't good candidates. Then my 1:00 stood me up. Luckily, I had an awesome walk-in candidate. I sent her to 2 clients today. Always look on the bright side I guess.
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